Although there is no simple answer to this problem, events in Ballymena - and to a lesser extent in north Belfast, Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus, where disorder also broke out - must prompt a ...

The Irish Times view on the riots in Ballymena: unequivocal political response essential . Far-right activists have been opportunistically using social media to stoke tensions and foment race riots.

Paul Frew tells Assembly "some eateries can’t get chefs now, given that the workers have had to flee and go home" ...

Earlier this month, there were several nights of violent disorder in towns across Northern Ireland. Violence flared in Ballymena on Monday evening after a peaceful protest in response to news that ...

An Ulster Unionist assembly member decided to quit Stormont after a dispute over a party statement on rioting in Ballymena, BBC News NI understands. Colin Crawford, an assembly member for North ...

Ballymena unrest: Those involved have nothing to offer but ‘division and disorder’, North’s political parties say Seventeen PSNI officers injured after second night of unrest in Co Antrim town ...

The First and deputy First Ministers have condemned the rioting in Ballymena, saying that the violence was motivated by “pure racism" and “needs to stop”.

What we’re seeing now in Ballymena is the downstream effect of a political project based on scapegoating any “other” who looks, speaks or prays differently.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) deployed riot police, fired plastic baton rounds, and used water cannons as well as dog units as part of its response to the disorder.

It’s devastating watching my hometown descend into molotov cocktails and police lining the streets – all in the name of wanting to ‘protect women and girls’ ...

Ballymena riots demand a clear and united response ... Political leadership is desperately needed to rebuff the false claims of those stir up hatred and violence against ‘the other’.